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VetcoGray integrated subsea systems

Field-proven ultra-reliability

Subsea production
The deeper the water, the farther from shore, the higher the risk. As the subsea environment gets tougher, the costs associated with even the simplest of operations rise exponentially. You need subsea equipment to be robust and reliable in order to protect the environment and your investment. So, although the seabed may be new territory for the equipment, your well is no place for experimentation.

Field-proven technology leadership

GE Oil & Gas has been safely pushing real subsea boundaries for nearly 50 years. Every success has been achieved by gradually evolving field-proven technologies, by planning and designing specifically for unique subsea conditions, and by investing significant resources for stringent testing at every stage of development. With this approach, we have been designing, installing and maintaining subsea trees and control systems all around the globe since the early 1980s. We pioneered subsea pumping in 1992 at Prezioso, subsea separation and boosting in 1999 at Troll C, and subsea compression in 2006 in the North Sea. Now, with the most advanced and fully integrated subsea systems on their side, our customers can move confidently into deeper waters and more marginal fields and continually expand the performance envelope.

Unique heritage for ultra-reliability

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From obstacles to opportunities

GE Oil & Gas provides global, single-source solutions for any size subsea development, whether tied back to an offshore facility or as a long step-out from shore. Every design is tailored to meet the specific requirements of the reservoir, installation procedures and interface with the storage and processing systems. Our VetcoGray portfolio has more than 100 years of drilling and production excellence and has been pushing subsea boundaries for 50 years. Combine this with our well-established turbocompression strengths and our proven Hydril Pressure Control products, and you can clearly see the industrys widest range of capabilities for the most extreme offshore and subsea conditions. Our commitment to subsea is supported by more than 5,500 dedicated professionals, manufacturing plants, service shops and spare-parts inventories strategically located near our customers operations all around the world. We continue investing heavily to further advance technologies for subsea applications, providing state-of-the-art yet field-proven solutions for subsea power, separation, boosting, compression and control. By working closely with our customers and focusing on long-term potential, we continue to turn subsea obstacles into opportunities.

Systems integration
Fundamental to the success of any subsea development is the ability to ensure that mission-critical components will work together when installed and be reliable for the duration of their service life. To do this, we fully evaluate the Technology Readiness Level of all the diverse components and put effective mitigation programs in place to keep the project on track. The process must also be reviewed to ensure system and flow assurance capabilities for the expected field life. It is an immense and intricate puzzle that must be solved before entering the water. Our process begins even before the contract award as part of Front End Engineering and Development (FEED) studies and continues seamlessly throughout execution.

Key activities:
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) assessment Technology verification requirement review Reliability and availability assessments Electrical and hydraulic analyses Systems optimization for drilling, installation and operation Flow assurance analysis for process conditions throughout operating life Cause and effect analysis Installation and operability assessments, HAZID, HAZOP Risk management and control

Subsea production systems

Flexible from the start Reliable to the finish

Field development System design & planning Tree systems Manifolds & foundations Connection systems Flowline products Production control systems Processing & separation Pumping & compression Electrical power systems Flow assurance

Global applications
Greenfield development of both continental shelf and deepwater fields Brownfield development Subsea tiebacks up to 220 km Fields requiring subsea separation and boosting Gas fields requiring subsea wet gas compression Developments in arctic waters and other environmentally sensitive regions

Subsea separation
The VetcoGray portfolio includes Troll C, the worlds first commercially scaled pilot subsea separation and boosting station. Installed in 1999, this module has been in commercial production since 2001 and is one of the building blocks upon which subsequent projects have been based. More of our leading-edge separation technologies are used in the subsea versions of IEC (In-line Electrostatic Coalescer), Vessel Internal Electrostatic Coalescer (VIEC) and Low Water Content Coalescer (LOWACC). These products enable more efficient and cost-effective oil/water separation, resulting in shorter residence time and more compact separators for deepwater applications. The VIEC is especially effective on high-viscosity fluids and has now been installed on a number of topside applications to reduce weight and solve emulsion problems. Our designs are all simple, robust and reliable for long life and unattended operations with means for easy and fast intervention.

Subsea processing
The VetcoGray separation and boosting solution is a field-proven method to increase production and recover more oil. It is also the solution to meet increasingly challenging field developments including longer step-out, deeper fields, higher boost, unstable operational conditions and higher performance. Our technologies and services are derived from extensive research and development initiatives, onshore testing, field testing and operational feedback. GE Oil & Gas, Drilling & Production is both a system and product supplier and provides services for a full assessment of field developments to identify the total value of subsea processing and the technology requirements.

Subsea compression
After several years of significant investment and development efforts, GEs BlueC technology was selected for a significant subsea gas compression project in the North Sea and installed in 2006. BlueC followed our risk-reducing evolutionary approach to new technologies based on our GE Oil & Gas gas compressors, which are familiar and trusted equipment on many offshore platforms around the world.

Subsea pumping
The first subsea multi-phase pump was installed in 1992 at the Prezioso field in Italy using GE Oil & Gas twin screw technology (NPV 70). This was a world record for subsea multi-phase boosting. It is recognized by GE and our customers that future field developments around the world will require more sophisticated subsea boosting technology to accommodate higher boosting capabilities. These capabilities relate to more differential pressure, larger variations in Gas Volume Fraction, operations with heavier oils and improved sand tolerance. As a result , we have undertaken an extensive development program focused on increasing the technology's versatility and robustness. The advanced pump will be tested in full scale and submerged conditions with qualification for subsea use in 2010.

Compression services
Pipeline boosting Gas injection Wet and dry gas boosting

Service
Conceptual evaluations Technology/component/module/system/field considerations Separation technology recommendation/selection Boosting technology recommendation/selection Technology maturity assessments Technology qualification program definition Flow assurance Life of field cost

Boosting systems
Multi-stage centrifugal compressor Complete compression system comprising separation and liquid pumping Wet gas compressor

Gas/oil/water separation technology

Inlet devices for G/L separation Baffle plates & flow straighteners Outlet sections

State-of-the-art coalescer technology

IEC enhanced pre-separation VIEC electrostatic emulsion breaker LOWACC final stage de-watering of oil

Solids management systems

Flushing & evacuation system Sand handling (desanding, sand disposal)

Level and performance monitoring

Separator level profiling (nucleonic and inductive) Pressure & temperature Solids production monitoring Multi-phase flow measurement

Separation & boosting solutions for increased oil & gas recovery

Control systems & informatics

VetcoGray subsea production and control systems have been designed, manufactured and supplied for more than 30 years. Designed for depths of 10,000 ft and offset distances in excess of 220 km, VetcoGray solutions enable reliable subsea communication networks that meet the challenges of todays field developments in deep water and increasingly remote locations. Our multi-disciplinary engineering teams design systems to meet specific customer performance requirements and to ensure the integrity of all system interfaces, including subsea, downhole, topside, intervention systems and tooling. The resulting systems are renowned for high reliability and availability at installations around the world. They are fully qualified and tested before delivery and comply with all relevant ISO and other standards including SIL 3 rating where required. All our control systems feature full product traceability, robust construction and proven component selection. We are committed to providing comprehensive, long-term support. Our obsolescence management strategy also ensures that customers have a variety of options to ensure that their equipment can be kept up to date and operational for the full field life.

On-line Flow Assurance

Master Control Station (MCS)
Based on either PLC or PC hardware depending on client preference Stand alone or fully integrated with host facility SCADA The VetcoGray SemStar5TM is the fifth generation module drawing on our proven technologies from over 25 years of subsea experience, and over a century in electronics and communications. Its radical new design includes open-architecture communications access, modular TCP/IP backplane and support for standard industry interfaces. SemStar5 uses an internal ethernet data bus with TCP/IP, a variable-speed copper modem, and a plug-and-play subsea LAN. It offers enhanced reliability and obsolescence mitigation, and is ruggedized to exceed ISO 13628-6 2006 requirements. VetcoGray On-line Flow Assurance enhances the value of subsea fields in terms of: Improved system availability Flow stability and chemicals management Production optimization an scenario planning These features are integrated with and enhance our subsea production control systems to achieve an evolutionary step in the development of a true e-field, providing smart building blocks to support digital oilfield operations. Flow assurance engineers work around the clock to ensure that the field delivers the design production consistently and in a stable manner. Operational strategies are proposed to maintain the optimal design case parameters. Our Flow Assurance Group, in conjunction with industry partners, conducts ongoing research and development in multi-phase flow simulation for subsea oil and gas gathering networks, for subsea separation and boosting, and for facility condition monitoring based on flow induced corrosion and erosion. Our expert team provides consulting services in the following areas: Concept evaluation System design System control Operator training Operational support CFD and multi-phase flow modeling Production monitoring Subsea boosting Subsea processing Condition monitoring and e-field Dynamic control Flow allocation and network design

Subsea Control Module (SCM)

ModPod - a technologically advanced and versatile control system component Deep water capability with flexible instrumentation connections

Subsea Electronics Module (SEM)

Ultra high reliability, field proven subsea electronics module Flexible choice of communications (fibre optic and high speed electrical) options

Subsea process sensors

Integration of a complete range of process sensors including downhole Transparent interfaces available for process sensors Fully integrated with subsea facilities (trees, wellheads, manifolds)

Smart building blocks for total control subsea

Tree systems
VetcoGray tree systems are designed from standard building block components to meet the exacting requirements of developments in depths ranging from 100 to 10,000 ft. We have supplied more than 900 subsea tree systems globally and have a significant installed base in every major production basin. Our portfolio covers all applications from shallow-water, single-well satellites through to major deepwater developments. Products are suitable for low pressure reservoirs requiring artificial stimulation or lift through to high-pressure high-temperature applications. Configurations include simple diver assist shallow water mudline trees (TOM) up to drill-through and deepwater guidelineless horizontal trees (HT) and vertical or conventional trees. Our designs accommodate reservoir shut-in conditions of 350F and 15,000 psi and, in the other extreme, provide facilities for electrical or hydraulic submersible pumping systems (ESP / HSP), or artificial lift by gas or water. VetcoGray trees are designed to accommodate our full range of choke products, which can be configured for production, water or gas injection (lift), or chemical injection services. installed within the treehead, heavy (tubing retrieval) workover can be achieved without the need to recover the tree system. ROV based flowline and umbilical connections are made directly to the tree assembly so there is no requirement for guidebase or flowbase. Our S series shallow-water horizontal trees are usually deployed on guidelines in water depths up to 1,640 ft from an anchored semi-submersible drilling rig. Because the tubing hanger is installed within the treehead heavy (tubing retrieval), workover can be achieved without the need to recover the tree system. The system can be supplied with a flowbase if required, however most applications feature flowline and umbilical connections made directly to the tree assembly eliminating this item. wellhead so that the tree can be retrieved without disturbing the flowlines. The tubing hanger is installed within the tubing spool which necessitates retrieval of the tree in the event of heavy (tubing retrieval) workover. The S Series shallow-water 5x2" conventional tree system is usually deployed on guidelines in water depths up to 1,640 ft from an anchored semi-submersible drilling rig, typically utilizing a flowbase configuration so that the tree can be retrieved without disturbing the flowlines. The tubing hanger is installed within the wellhead systems which necessitates retrieval of the tree in the event of heavy (tubing retrieval) workover.

We also provide customized solutions for specific field requirements, including:

Tree on Mudline for deployment from jackups Trawl-friendly protection structures: tree deployed, wellhead deployed or freestanding Flowbase for single well or daisy chain / mini manifold Template applications Guidelineless trees for deepwater applications

Horizontal trees
Our D Series deepwater horizontal trees are deployed guidelineless (funnel down) in water depths up to 10,000 ft usually from a DP semi-submersible drilling rig or drillship. Because the tubing hanger is

Tree on Mudline horizontal and conventional

The Tree on Mudline (TOM) solution is designed to be installed in shallow water up to 296 ft. The compact design permits deployment from most standard jack-up drilling rigs and it can be installed on single satellite wells or in closely grouped clusters, with tie in to a host platform or land based facility.

Conventional trees
Our D Series deepwater conventional tree system is deployed guidelineless in water depths up to 10,000 ft from a DP semi-submersible drilling rig or drillship. Typically utilizing a tubing spool assembly above the

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Full portfolio of tree systems delivering enhanced performance

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Connection systems
VetcoGray subsea connection systems feature diverless connectors and tooling systems to meet various application requirements. Our designs are based on three main connector types: clamp, collet and mandrel. The majority of systems use the clamp connector in a vertical (VCCS) or horizontal (HCCS) configuration. They are designed for single bore, dual bore and multibore applications, and are available in line sizes of 4-42" (HCCS) and 4-16" (VCCS). The different connectors can be operated with or without ancillary connection tooling, pending configuration and application. Our portfolio includes ROV tooling and ROTS systems, designed to provide pull-in, connection, cleaning and seal replacements support.

Flowline products
We provide a number of products engineered to facilitate the interconnection of subsea flowline networks to production and topside receiving facilities. Installation-friendly designs reduce requirements for offshore vessel and subsea intervention spreads. From FEED to EPC delivery the product range includes: In-line Ts and Ys Hot taps Pipeline End Manifolds (PLEM) Pipeline End Terminations (PLET) Integrated PLEM patented Compact riser base patented Pig launchers and receivers Gas lift connections Piping skids Overtrawlable structures

Manifolds and foundations

Pigging manifolds
We supply dedicated piping manifolds covering a wide range of in-line cleaning and inspection operations from simple dewatering, cleaning and gauging to corrosion inspection and high-pressure plugging. Diverless launching and receiving are enabled by retrievable pig barrels, valves, mechanical connection and bypass facilities. VetcoGray subsea systems provide a wide selection of cluster and template manifolds, foundations and template structures, flowline and well jumpers, and large SDUs. While many of our manifolds and foundation structures are based on standard building blocks, we also customize designs to meet the specific field and customer requirements.

Pipeline products
We provide a number of specialized products that enable efficient and diverless inter-connection of flowlines to subsea production and topside processing facilities. Our solutions are highly practical designed to enable all types of connections including end-line, mid-line and outfitting of safety valves.

Our extensive reference list of proven solutions includes:

Cluster manifold ROV operated - with horizontal connections - with vertical connections - 4-6 slots most common Cluster manifold diver operated - 3-7 slots most common Template manifold 48 slots Rigid jumpers with vertical connections Rigid jumpers with horizontal connections Large subsea distribution units/SDUs

Higher performance in any water depth

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Subsea power
All our advances in subsea processing and boosting would be meaningless without equally reliable high-voltage power and distribution systems. Therefore, over the last decade, we have developed a highly skilled and experienced team in subsea power transmission system design delivering all major components for the total system solution (EPC contract). All products are designed using high voltage principals to achieve a robust and reliable design. Many of our subsea power products are being qualified for water depths up to approximately 10,000 ft.

MECON Wet Mate connectors MECON Dry Mate connectors

The connector is a vital part of the high-voltage subsea termination system and can be used in pressure compensated systems or as a high-pressure barrier to penetrate a pressure vessel. All penetrators are single phase designs. A range of Dry Mates has been qualified to IEC standards and verified by SINTEF, and some is under development or re-qualification. In addition to the Dry Mate cable termination technology, this connector has a unique in-situ di-electric conditioning system for the connector internals to ensure reliable subsea make-up. The Wet Mate has already been operating successfully subsea since 2001 and is available in 12-24-36kV/500A, three phase design. A high current version 12kV/1800A is under development for subsea compression applications.

Subsea power transformers

Subsea power transformers are mainly used as step-down voltage transformers on long distance power supplies, such as the Ormen Lange subsea development, and as step-down transformers for frequency controlled subsea pump motors, for example. We work with leading transformer suppliers to ensure highly reliable electrical solutions. Our integrated subsea transformers are designed with double barrier or full-metal seals. They are oil filled with doublebarrier volume compensators and utilize the MECON Dry Mate penetrators and MECON Wet Mate systems. VetcoGray subsea transformers extend the power transmission distance and enable use of topside/onshore frequency converters (VSD). Subsea transformers are available in a wide range of voltage and power levels.

Subsea switchgear
A high-voltage module for 24kV/500A full-load switching is currently undergoing qualification procedures. The subsea switchgear enables one cable from shore to be split to feed several power consumers and separately disconnect each one.

Power system solution provider

In-house competence and tools enable us to perform system studies to evaluate feasible power systems. This includes all disciplines required to calculate, design, engineer, construct, and test a complete subsea system for supplying electric power to one or more subsea consumers. VetcoGray has established a leading role in long distance power supply in projects like Snhvit and Ormen Lange.

IEC rating (kV) Uo/U(Um) 6/10(12) 6/10(12), 200 Hz 18/30(36) 76/132(145), 200 Hz

Current rating (A) 600 1,800 700 700

Max differential pressure motor side water side (psi) (psi) 5,004 3,191 1,450 145 1,813 4,351 2,901 145

Umbilical and power cables

We provide high-voltage power cable and control umbilicals for the design and supply of subsea HV/LV power systems, electrical and fiber optic communication systems and hydraulic control distribution solutions. Capabilities include: Umbilical layout, design and analysis for studies Umbilical and power cable system design including tie-in/connection systems for subsea projects Full technical and commercial responsibility to define, procure, integrate and deliver the umbilical system

Electrical products related to subsea power distribution systems:

Dry Mate Connectors (penetrators) Wet Mate Connectors Subsea switchgear Subsea power transformers Umbilical and power cables Subsea frequency converter (VSD)

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Field proven high voltage power where you need it: subsea

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